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July 16, 1929-. H. HIRSCHU LAUNDRY MARKING AND ASSEMBLING SYSTEM Filed nine 20, 1928 2 SheeIts-Sheef. l

July 16, 1929. ms 1,721,076

LAUNDRY MARKING AND ASSEMBLING SYSTEM Filed June 20, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwomtoz:

Patented July 1 6, 1929.

HENRY HIE/SCH, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LAUNDRY MARKING AND ASSEMBLENG SYSTEM.

Application filed June 20, 1928. Serial No. 287,002.

This invention relates generally to a laundry marking'and assembling system, and the improvements are directed to a novel and unique device which may be employed in various industries which require the segregation of different articles into a number of groups or classes that'are to be subsequently assembled or re-united without confusion or error.

As will presently appear my improved device is especially applicable in connection with the so-called wet-wash establishment, which in the ordinary course of business receives a package or bundle of clothes to be laundered',said goods comprising a variety of materials, technically classified in groups, to wit: WVhite goods; Fugitive colors; Fast colors; and Miscellaneous. These various types of goods are accordingly grouped and'must be washed separately in order to prevent staining of the white goods or of the fast color goods by fugitive colors, or oil and grease. As "a first step, after the particular group of articles belonging to a bundle of laundry has been washed, said articles pass to the assembling department, whereinthe goods are properly brought together and returned to the customer.

In'order to positively preclude errors in the originalmarking of goods prior to washing and to prevent the placing of articles in the 'wrong bundles during the assembling operation, I propose to provide a device adapted to contain'a plurality of disks or checks which may be attached to the goods and in view of their pre-designed configuration not only serve to check errors, but also entail the additional advantages of sanitation, ease of handling, lightness, compactness, simplicity and other benefits which will presently appear. V A further object of the invention resides in the provision of areceptacle carrying indicia' corresponding to a plurality of disks therein, said [receptacle and disks being uniquely formed to permit their re-assem- 'bling after the disks have been removed therefrom and finally detached from the articles to be laundered. V A still further object is to provide a plurality of disks bearing certain legends that determine which class of goods may be safely laundered together.

With thefor'egoing and other objects in view, which will appear in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the receptacle or holder containing a marking disk or check.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the receptacle.

Fig. 4: is a view of a disk removed from the receptacle and showing it numbered corresponding to the particular numeral of its receptacle.

Fig. 5 is a view like unto Fig. 1, but illustrating the reverse .side of the check and bearing the legend Tag.

' Fig. 6 is an elevation of a receptacle somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but depicting its susceptibility to receive a plurality of notches in the rim or marginal flanged portion thereof.

Fig. 7 is a view of a slightly modified form of disk and having a projection disposed at an angle slightly different from that shown in Fig. 4.

Figs. 8 to-1O inclusive represent views of my improved disks, conforming to the form shown in Fig.4, but showing the reverse side thereof which displays various legends to determine the classification of goods to be laundered.

Referring now in particular to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views, let 1O denotethe receptacle having a marginal flange 11, (see Fig. 1), and adapted to receive a plurality of checks or disks 12. In Fig. 6 the marginal flange is denoted by the numeral 11. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, said receptacle 10 is provided with a post 13, which extends from the base thereof and in cross-sectional area conforms to the openings 14 in each of the disks to permit the positioning of a disk in the manner shown in 2. The shape of the post 13 may assume various forms but in each instance will correspond however to the shape of the openings in a plurality of disks in order that only proper disks may be assembled within the receptacle. Aeconventional form of spring-pressed detents is araddition said marginal flange 11 is provided with a notch 18 (see Fig. 3), and the flange.

11 with a plurality of notches 19, (see Fig. 6), to receive the projection20 of disk 12, (see Fig. 1), and the projection 21 of disk 22, (see Fig. 7). In this latter instance where the notches 19 are arranged in different positions on the flange 11, then the disk 22 will have a projection spaced in the same relative position, each of said disks 22 having prowith an ear 27 bearing an opening 28,to serve jections each differently angularly arranged in accordance'with the disposition of the notches 19' extending along the said flange 11. I his scheme of notches and projections, as well as the conformity in contour of the post 18 and the openings 14, makes it impossible for any but the proper disksto be placed within the receptacle.

As shown in Figs. 3and 6 the upper face of the base'portions of the receptacles are provided with indicia 23 and 24, which may be suitably inscribed thereon, or each disk fitting into the particular receptacle will have corresponding indicia, indicated at 25 and 26, respectively. On the reverse sides of the disks will be printed, or otherwise arranged, certain legends, reading Tag in Fig. 5, Fast colors in Fig. 8, Fugitive colors in Fig. 9 and l /liscellaneous colors in Fig. 10. If desired these disks may be distinctively colored, the

disks bearing the legend Tag, being of one color; all the disks marked Fast colors being another, color, and so on throughout the legends.

Eachor" the receptacles maybe provided as means'for hanging or suspending the receptacle at a suitable place. In addition, each of the ears'17 of the disks may be aperture-d, as indicated at 29 to permit the securing of the same to the articles or goods, as by pins or other suitable fastening means. c

The operation of the device will now be explained in connection with its use in a wet wash laundry, wherein the arriving bundle of goods is first recorded and passed to the asserting table. Here the assorter segregates the various articles into four piles, classified as previously pointed out. He then takes a receptacle containing a supply of disks and removlng the disk marked Tag on the reverse side, attaches it to a tag or label which is present on everybundle otwash and upon which are recorded the nameand address of the customer. The disk and the attached tag are then passed on to the assembling department.

The disk bearing the legend Fast colors is final deposition at the assembling depart:

ment. v v r lVhenthe white goods, bearing the receptacle, reach the assembling department, the'assembler notes the number marl'red'on said receptacle and he proceeds to locate the tagand all the various laundered groups of articles bearing the requlred number (5 in this instance). Assuming hepicks upthe pile of 7 fast color articles and desires .to unite these with the whitegoods, he first takes the Fast color disk and attempts to placeiit withinthe receptacle. If the disk readily slides intothe same then the proper group of articles belonging to a particular bundle of white goods,

has been taken up,'but if the assembler finds that the disk will not fit the receptacle then he is immediately informed that the wrong articles have been. taken up.

Under these jcircumstances the search continues until the proper disk-is located. Obviously, in this manner the assembler-is prevented from making any errors when he reunites thecvarious types of articles belonging to any one bundle of laundry.

The legends borne by the reverse sideof the disks, plus the dilferentcolors, if used,serve anotherimportant function, Iin that the as-' .sembler knows that every receptacle contains a certain specified number of disks and inorder to completeany one bundle of wash, he

must have all the necessary disks. Accord ingly, should a periodof time elapse after the whlte goods and the receptacle have reached the assembling department and'the assembler observes that one or two of the disks andtheir V appropriate piles ofarticleshave not yet-an rived, then by consulting the disks which have arrived he can ascertain the kind of goods whichare stillmissing. Obviously, he also ascertains in whichv department inquiry should be made, and upon whom the responsibility rests. p r g I i The sanitaryfeature of mydevice is quite apparent, since in'other checking devices'the key numbers of the system are fixedly secured,

and as a consequence soiled goods come in con tact with the key number. After the goods are Washed they again come in Contact With the key number in order to be checked, and obviously such a key member inevitably gathers dust, dirt, and other foreign matter. In

'my system there are no fixedly secured key numbers, nor are cumbersome, and complicated racks and bars used. The receptacle and the disks go through the washing process with the clothes to Which they are attached and at no time do washed goods come in contact with an unwashed member of the device.

My system has the further advantages of ease of handling and storing. Each receptacle, complete With its disks, need be no larger and no heavier than an ordinary pocket watch. It is obvious, therefore, that such a compact and simplified arrangement can be handled very easily, and that only a small amount of space is required to store a complete set of the devices.

While the present is adisclosure of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, as various changes in the minor details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle adapted to removably contain a slotted disk, said receptacle having a marginal flange and a post mountedwithin said receptacle and adapted to be inserted in the slot of said disk, said post corresponding in cross-section to the area of the slot.

2. In a deviceof the character described the combination with a receptacle having a marginal flange presenting a gap and notch, of a disk adapted to be removably placed within said receptacle, said disk having an ear adapted to removably seat in said gap and having a projection adapted to be removably positioned in said notch.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

HENRY HIRSGH. 

